Posted on 03/01/2026 10:44:32 AM PST by DFG
Israel reportedly co-opted a popular Iranian prayer app Saturday to send mass notifications urging defections from the Islamic regime.
The BadeSaba Calendar app, utilizing its extensive reach inside Iran, helps users track daily prayer times and religious observances, the Wall Street Journal reported. It has logged more than 5 million downloads on the Google Play Store alone, giving operators access to a vast domestic audience.
Screenshots posted on social media show a burst of Persian-language notifications declaring “help has arrived.” The cyber operation apparently took place as Israel and the United States launched a sweeping waves of strikes against Iranian military and leadership targets, ultimately resulting in the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
One of the push notifications reportedly targeted members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and regular army, urging them to abandon their posts.
“The era of the dictators is over. Do not sacrifice your lives for a regime that has already fallen. Lay down your arms and join your people. Help has arrived,” the notification said, the outlet reported.
Intelligence analysts view the breach as a calculated psychological operation, according to the outlet. By seizing control of a trusted religious utility app, the perpetrators bypassed state-controlled media channels and delivered defection messaging straight to personal devices widely used by soldiers and civilians alike.
President Donald Trump confirmed Khamenei was killed during the opening of the joint U.S.–Israeli military campaign, which Trump described as a “massive and ongoing” effort to cripple Iran’s military infrastructure. Prior to the operation, Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed members of the bipartisan Gang of Eight, a group made up of the House speaker, House minority leader, Senate majority and minority leaders, and the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees.
I liked more their use of pagers. Kinda reminded me of Bernie Goetz. Both made me laugh.
Gotta admit the Israelies are smarter than us. Might be why nobody likes them. .
As an American, I am proud to be allied with them. They are moral, intelligent, and tough. I admire them.
Particularly their pager gambit. Brilliant.
The two methods are not comparable at all.
Our Persian friends need
Our Prayers over There.
Might be why they’re still alive
Photos show by LTC Davis on his YouTube channel show many many thousands of Iranians in support of their regime essentially making themselves human shields againt America.
“””I liked more their use of pagers. Kinda reminded me of Bernie Goetz. Both made me laugh.””””
RING RING
Hello, who is this???
BYE BYE BOOOM!!!!!
That is one generally immoral country. They recognize no boundaries. It’s because they rejected Jesus and don’t believe in heaven.
The two methods are not comparable at all.
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But we can dream.....
Well, one was designed to maim and kill Hezbollah, who had it coming.
The other is being used simply to encourage defection and resistance from a more general population.
I don’t know what’s there to ‘dream’ about.
Hope they have their reservations in for the 72 raisins
Hope they have their reservations in for the 72 raisins
crass indictment
“That is one generally immoral country. They recognize no boundaries. It’s because they rejected Jesus and don’t believe in heaven.”
Jews actually do believe in heaven. They just think all but the very worst people (Haman, Hitler, Pharoah) get into heaven.
As far as “rejecting Jesus”, a large majority of Western Europeans are agnostic or some other religion than Christian.
China, India, Japan, and most of the world similarly has some other religion.
Indeed, in the USA, only 25% of the population consistently attends church.
So your singling out of Israel for not being Christian is singularly stupid.
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